# The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010, Regulation 27A: Prohibition on placing a child under 16 in other arrangements


A responsible authority may only place a child under 16 in accommodation in accordance with other arrangements under section 22C(6)(d), where the accommodation is—
(a) in relation to placements in England, in—
(i) a care home;
(ii) a hospital as defined in section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006;
(iii) a residential family centre as defined in section 4(2) of the Care Standards Act;
(iv) a school within the meaning of section 4 of the Education Act 1996 providing accommodation that is not registered as a children’s home;
(v) an establishment that provides care and accommodation for children as a holiday scheme for disabled children as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013;
(b) in relation to placements in Wales—
(i) accommodation provided by a care home service, within the meaning of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the RISCWA 2016”);
(ii) in a hospital as defined in section 206(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
(iii) accommodation provided by a residential family centre service, within the meaning of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to the RISCWA 2016;
(iv) in a school within the meaning of section 4 of the Education Act 1996 providing accommodation together with nursing or care that does not constitute a care home service;
(c) in relation to placements in Scotland—
(i) in a residential establishment, within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition in section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;
(ii) accommodation provided by the Scottish public fostering service, within the meaning of paragraph 10(a) of Schedule 12 to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the PSR(S)A 2010”);
(iii) accommodation provided by a care home service, within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the PSR(S)A 2010;
(iv) accommodation provided by a school care accommodation service, within the meaning given by or under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 to the PSR(S)A 2010;
(v) in a hospital as defined in section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/959/regulation/27A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-england-regulations-2010/regulation-27A
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